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    Vietnamese sweet potatoes will soon be officially exported to China, and grapefruit and coconut are on the agenda

    • Last Update: 2022-10-25
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    According to Vietnamese media reports, Chinese authorities will remotely inspect Vietnamese sweet potato planting areas and packaging plants this week to consider allowing Vietnamese sweet potatoes to be officially exported to China
    .
     
    Le Van Thiet, deputy director of the Plant Protection Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), said Vietnam has submitted documents to further improve the licensing procedures
    for the official export of sweet potatoes, grapefruit and coconuts to China.
     
    According to reports, Vinh Long, Long An, Da Lat, Tay Nguyen and the central highlands of Vietnam are all growing sweet potatoes, but this year due to bad weather, production has decreased
    .
     
    In recent years, the price of sweet potatoes in Vietnam once fell to 1500-2000 VND/kg (0.
    44-0.
    59 yuan/kg), while the production cost was about 5000-6000 VND/kg (1.
    48-1.
    78 yuan/kg).

    Farmers have suffered heavy losses and the area planted has shrunk
    .
    Previously, the sweet potato cultivation area in Vinh Long Province in Vietnam was as high as 13,000-14,000 hectares, but now it is only about
    750 hectares.
    If China allows Vietnamese sweet potatoes to be officially exported, it will encourage farmers to increase their planting area
    .
     
    At present, 11 kinds of fruits in Vietnam are exported to China through regular trade channels, including dragon fruit, longan, rambutan, mango, jackfruit, watermelon, banana, mangosteen, lychee, durian and passion fruit
    .
    Among them, passion fruit is only allowed to be imported through the pilot port of Guangxi for landing processing
    .
     
    According to data from the General Administration of Customs of Vietnam, in the first eight months of this year, Vietnam's vegetable and fruit exports amounted to about US$2.
    2 billion, down 12%
    year-on-year.
    Among them, the export value to China was 967 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 32.
    4%.

     
    In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam's sweet potato exports were about 20.
    6 million US dollars, down 21.
    8% year-on-year; The export value of sweet potato leaves was 515,000 US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 9.
    9%.

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